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The holed vessel in Italy 431
concerning which M. Porcius Cato—the jurist perhaps rather than
his more famous father1—in his Notes on Cases of Civil Law remarks:
The mundus gets its name from the "sky" above our heads; indeed
ln shape it resembles the sky, as I have been able to ascertain from
those who have entered it2.' Another jurist C. Ateius Capito, the
c°nsul suffectus of 5 A.D., in his work On Pontifical Law3 states that
thrice a year, on August 24, October 5, and November 8, the mundus
Was left open4. Festus adds that the lower part of it was consecrated
0 the Di Manes and kept closed except on these days, when their
Secrets were brought to light5. Varro emphasises the solemn
° aracter of the said days: 'When the mundus is open, it is as
. °ugh the gate of gloomy underworld gods were left ajar. Hence
s taboo, not only for a battle to be joined, but even for a military
tl^f °} tne Terremare settlements. F. von Duhn in Ebert Reallex. ii. 286 remarked
and 1£lr east"to"west trench had five pits in it containing sherds, pebbles, mussel-shells,
die j^!1Illa'"Dones—'sacrale Dinge, die mit der Inauguration der Siedelung und dem, was
justifje*er spiter mundus nannten, in Zusammenhang stehen werden,' etc. Taubler was
the 1^ t'lere'°re m emphasising the resemblance of Roma quadrata and the mundus to
^erremare templa and their pits. Weinstock again was over-sceptical).
jj°'ng^ ov,n account of the mundus, which was penned before I had read any of the fore-
conc] artlcles, is in the main compatible with Deubner's cautious and convincing
!"l"tdul°nS'> ^>eut)ner keeps clear of the manalis lapis, and ignores Boni's alleged
Conjectu" • Pernaps he was wise. At any rate I alone must bear the responsibility of
a Palati ln*" ' ''le "tund"s on tne Palatine was originally the Bronze-Age thdlos of
i Se"16!^"1^' and °f seeking a parallel to it on the adjacent Capitol.
^'spruj, J°ldan his ed' °f JI' Porcius Cato (Lipsiae i860) p. cv, F. P. Bremer
^°»Hln "Jfiae a"<^'adrianae quae supersunt Lipsiae 1896 i. 21, H. Funaioli Grammaticae
8 Pest agmenta Lipsiae 1907 p. 14.
'n cotnm P .:5+ * 33 ff. Miiller, p. 144, 17 ff. Lindsay qui quid ita dicatur sic refert Cato
supra1113''5 iUr'S Clv'as (fraS- 18 Funaioli): ' Mundo nomen inpositum est ab eo mundo,
''lae.1 os est: forma enim eius est, ut ex is qui intravere cognoscere potui, adsimilis
3
" P I" . •
4 Fest m Pau,y—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1906.
vi. p0^'. I5+* 3off- Miiller, p. 144, i4ff. Lindsay Mundus ut ait Capito Ateius in
^°"<ana]i^>ntlf'ca1' ^LraS- 2 Funaioli), ter in anno patere solet, diebus his: postridie
fr°tn pau] et ante diem<: in. Non. Oct. et ante diem>vi. Id. Nov. The lacuna is filled
^fer.p. i*6FeSt" P- Is6' 1 Muller- P- '45, 13 f- Lindsay. Cp. Fest. p. 142 a 22 ff.
VlIIt Kal g2 ' Lindsay Cereris qui mundus appellatur, qui ter in anno solet patere:
tC°d- X. etiam' ^ N°n' °ctobr- et VI Id- Novembr. Qui velf enimf (so cod. W. ide
firta niovetu'" prmc- Lrsinus cj. omni. I should prefer inde A. B. c.) dictus est quod
Cratani Dis jj5^.^ 4 Miiller, p. 144, 21 ff. Lindsay eius inferiorem partem veluti con-
c- O.
ess*m ?u,sa- quod
m (K n c'ausam omni tempore, nisi his diebus qui supra scripti sunt, maiores
<>. de Causa' ' ler c)- censuerunt habendam); quos dies etiam religiosos iudicaverunt
sSerit, veluH C'U?d quo tempore ea, quae occultae et abditae religionis Deorum Manium
sCt.., Vol«erunt UCem °.uandam adducerentur et patefierent, nihil eo tempore in republica
ne^ atuf: non UaqUe Per 60S dies 11011 cum hoste manus conserebant : non exercitus
essitas admo C0lllltla habeba < ntur: non > aliud quicquam in republica, nisi quod ultima
or>ebat, administrabatur.
concerning which M. Porcius Cato—the jurist perhaps rather than
his more famous father1—in his Notes on Cases of Civil Law remarks:
The mundus gets its name from the "sky" above our heads; indeed
ln shape it resembles the sky, as I have been able to ascertain from
those who have entered it2.' Another jurist C. Ateius Capito, the
c°nsul suffectus of 5 A.D., in his work On Pontifical Law3 states that
thrice a year, on August 24, October 5, and November 8, the mundus
Was left open4. Festus adds that the lower part of it was consecrated
0 the Di Manes and kept closed except on these days, when their
Secrets were brought to light5. Varro emphasises the solemn
° aracter of the said days: 'When the mundus is open, it is as
. °ugh the gate of gloomy underworld gods were left ajar. Hence
s taboo, not only for a battle to be joined, but even for a military
tl^f °} tne Terremare settlements. F. von Duhn in Ebert Reallex. ii. 286 remarked
and 1£lr east"to"west trench had five pits in it containing sherds, pebbles, mussel-shells,
die j^!1Illa'"Dones—'sacrale Dinge, die mit der Inauguration der Siedelung und dem, was
justifje*er spiter mundus nannten, in Zusammenhang stehen werden,' etc. Taubler was
the 1^ t'lere'°re m emphasising the resemblance of Roma quadrata and the mundus to
^erremare templa and their pits. Weinstock again was over-sceptical).
jj°'ng^ ov,n account of the mundus, which was penned before I had read any of the fore-
conc] artlcles, is in the main compatible with Deubner's cautious and convincing
!"l"tdul°nS'> ^>eut)ner keeps clear of the manalis lapis, and ignores Boni's alleged
Conjectu" • Pernaps he was wise. At any rate I alone must bear the responsibility of
a Palati ln*" ' ''le "tund"s on tne Palatine was originally the Bronze-Age thdlos of
i Se"16!^"1^' and °f seeking a parallel to it on the adjacent Capitol.
^'spruj, J°ldan his ed' °f JI' Porcius Cato (Lipsiae i860) p. cv, F. P. Bremer
^°»Hln "Jfiae a"<^'adrianae quae supersunt Lipsiae 1896 i. 21, H. Funaioli Grammaticae
8 Pest agmenta Lipsiae 1907 p. 14.
'n cotnm P .:5+ * 33 ff. Miiller, p. 144, 17 ff. Lindsay qui quid ita dicatur sic refert Cato
supra1113''5 iUr'S Clv'as (fraS- 18 Funaioli): ' Mundo nomen inpositum est ab eo mundo,
''lae.1 os est: forma enim eius est, ut ex is qui intravere cognoscere potui, adsimilis
3
" P I" . •
4 Fest m Pau,y—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1906.
vi. p0^'. I5+* 3off- Miiller, p. 144, i4ff. Lindsay Mundus ut ait Capito Ateius in
^°"<ana]i^>ntlf'ca1' ^LraS- 2 Funaioli), ter in anno patere solet, diebus his: postridie
fr°tn pau] et ante diem<: in. Non. Oct. et ante diem>vi. Id. Nov. The lacuna is filled
^fer.p. i*6FeSt" P- Is6' 1 Muller- P- '45, 13 f- Lindsay. Cp. Fest. p. 142 a 22 ff.
VlIIt Kal g2 ' Lindsay Cereris qui mundus appellatur, qui ter in anno solet patere:
tC°d- X. etiam' ^ N°n' °ctobr- et VI Id- Novembr. Qui velf enimf (so cod. W. ide
firta niovetu'" prmc- Lrsinus cj. omni. I should prefer inde A. B. c.) dictus est quod
Cratani Dis jj5^.^ 4 Miiller, p. 144, 21 ff. Lindsay eius inferiorem partem veluti con-
c- O.
ess*m ?u,sa- quod
m (K n c'ausam omni tempore, nisi his diebus qui supra scripti sunt, maiores
<>. de Causa' ' ler c)- censuerunt habendam); quos dies etiam religiosos iudicaverunt
sSerit, veluH C'U?d quo tempore ea, quae occultae et abditae religionis Deorum Manium
sCt.., Vol«erunt UCem °.uandam adducerentur et patefierent, nihil eo tempore in republica
ne^ atuf: non UaqUe Per 60S dies 11011 cum hoste manus conserebant : non exercitus
essitas admo C0lllltla habeba < ntur: non > aliud quicquam in republica, nisi quod ultima
or>ebat, administrabatur.